Lost village
Sope
Sope was a village east of Purtse, between the Tallinn–Narva road and the sea, merged into Jabara in 1977. Tradition says thirteen trees once grew in a ring on its Hiiemägi, the 'place of elders', where each elder sat under his own tree in council; to summon the people they lit great fires at night. A sacred lime tree and a healing spring were there too. Nearby Annemägi was named after a witch called Anne who drove all the snakes out of the Sope forest. Sope's fishermen relied on a shore lookout who spotted shoals and signalled with his arms where to set the seine.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Sope oli küla Purtsest ida pool Tallinna–Narva maantee ja mere vahel, mis liideti 1977. aastal Jabaraga. Pärimuse järgi kasvas Sope hiiemäel kunagi ringis 13 puud – see oli vanemate paik, kus nõupidamisel istus iga vanem oma puu all. Rahva kokku kutsumiseks tehti öösel suured tuled. Seal olid ka ohvripärn ja terviseallikas. Lähedane Annemägi sai nime nõid Anne järgi, kes peletas Sope metsast kõik ussid. Sope kalurid lootsid kallaspapile, kes kaldalt kalaparvi silmas ja kätega märku andis, kuhu noot merre lasta.